electricclarke:Photographer Nick Brandt (“Across the Ravaged Land”) shows the petrification process
electricclarke:Photographer Nick Brandt (“Across the Ravaged Land”) shows the petrification process of birds whose bodies have been subject to the caustic alkaline salinity of Lake Natron, Tanzania. The high soda and salt content of the water, combined with the lake’s high temperatures, preserves the bodies. Here, Brandt has rescued the remains and arranged them in a simulacrum of life. -- source link